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Chapter 19 of A Terrible Temptation: A Story of To-Day is here in full — 260 sentences across 52 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE lady put her hand to her heart, and was silent a long time. At last she said, doggedly but faintly, “You will go with me to that place to-morrow, one of you.” “I'll go, my lady,” said Moss. “Will, here, had better not show his face. They might take the law on him for that there shot.”
Chapter 19 of A Terrible Temptation: A Story of To-Day is here in full — 260 sentences across 52 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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(comparative of “good”) superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another
From this reading ““Will, here, had better not show his face.”
with obstinate determination
From this reading “At last she said, doggedly but faintly, “You will go with me to that place to-morrow, one of you.””
to a faint degree or weakly perceived
From this reading “At last she said, doggedly but faintly, “You will go with me to that place to-morrow, one of you.””
the collection of rules imposed by authority
From this reading “They might take the law on him for that there shot.””
tiny leafy-stemmed flowerless plants
From this reading ““I'll go, my lady,” said Moss.”
the act of firing a projectile
From this reading “They might take the law on him for that there shot.””
give an exhibition of to an interested audience
From this reading ““Will, here, had better not show his face.”
marked by absence of sound
From this reading “THE lady put her hand to her heart, and was silent a long time.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading THE lady put her hand to her heart, and was silent a long time.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE lady put her hand to her heart, and was silent a long time.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At last she said, doggedly but faintly, “You will go with me to that place to-morrow, one of you.”
(comparative of “good”) superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another
From this reading “Will, here, had better not show his face.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading At last she said, doggedly but faintly, “You will go with me to that place to-morrow, one of you.”
with obstinate determination
From this reading At last she said, doggedly but faintly, “You will go with me to that place to-morrow, one of you.”
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading “Will, here, had better not show his face.
to a faint degree or weakly perceived
From this reading At last she said, doggedly but faintly, “You will go with me to that place to-morrow, one of you.”
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading They might take the law on him for that there shot.”
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading At last she said, doggedly but faintly, “You will go with me to that place to-morrow, one of you.”
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading “Will, here, had better not show his face.
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading THE lady put her hand to her heart, and was silent a long time.
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading THE lady put her hand to her heart, and was silent a long time.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading THE lady put her hand to her heart, and was silent a long time.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading “Will, here, had better not show his face.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading They might take the law on him for that there shot.”
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading “Will, here, had better not show his face.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I'll go, my lady,” said Moss.
a polite name for any woman
From this reading THE lady put her hand to her heart, and was silent a long time.
immediately past
From this reading At last she said, doggedly but faintly, “You will go with me to that place to-morrow, one of you.”
the collection of rules imposed by authority
From this reading They might take the law on him for that there shot.”
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading THE lady put her hand to her heart, and was silent a long time.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading At last she said, doggedly but faintly, “You will go with me to that place to-morrow, one of you.”
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading They might take the law on him for that there shot.”
tiny leafy-stemmed flowerless plants
From this reading “I'll go, my lady,” said Moss.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “I'll go, my lady,” said Moss.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading “Will, here, had better not show his face.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading At last she said, doggedly but faintly, “You will go with me to that place to-morrow, one of you.”
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading They might take the law on him for that there shot.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading At last she said, doggedly but faintly, “You will go with me to that place to-morrow, one of you.”
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading At last she said, doggedly but faintly, “You will go with me to that place to-morrow, one of you.”
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading THE lady put her hand to her heart, and was silent a long time.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading At last she said, doggedly but faintly, “You will go with me to that place to-morrow, one of you.”
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading At last she said, doggedly but faintly, “You will go with me to that place to-morrow, one of you.”
the act of firing a projectile
From this reading They might take the law on him for that there shot.”
give an exhibition of to an interested audience
From this reading “Will, here, had better not show his face.
marked by absence of sound
From this reading THE lady put her hand to her heart, and was silent a long time.
carry out
From this reading They might take the law on him for that there shot.”
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading At last she said, doggedly but faintly, “You will go with me to that place to-morrow, one of you.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE lady put her hand to her heart, and was silent a long time.
in or at that place or location
From this reading They might take the law on him for that there shot.”
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They might take the law on him for that there shot.”
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading THE lady put her hand to her heart, and was silent a long time.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE lady put her hand to her heart, and was silent a long time.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading At last she said, doggedly but faintly, “You will go with me to that place to-morrow, one of you.”
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE lady put her hand to her heart, and was silent a long time.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading At last she said, doggedly but faintly, “You will go with me to that place to-morrow, one of you.”
in the company of; together with
From this reading At last she said, doggedly but faintly, “You will go with me to that place to-morrow, one of you.”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading At last she said, doggedly but faintly, “You will go with me to that place to-morrow, one of you.”
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